The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins is an American sports mockumentary sitcom created by Robert Carlock and Sam Means for NBC. The series premiered as a midseason entry in the 2025–26 television season on January 18, 2026. In May 2026, the series was renewed for a second season which is slated to premiere on November 2, 2026.
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Cast and characters
Main
Tracy Morgan as Reggie Dinkins, an ex-football player who is trying to make a comeback
Erika Alexander as Monica, Reggie's ex-wife who is also his business manager and agent
Precious Way as Brina, Reggie's fiancée
Jalyn Hall as Carmelo, Reggie and Monica's teenage son
Bobby Moynihan as Rusty, Reggie's former teammate and best friend
Daniel Radcliffe as Arthur Tobin, a director hired by Reggie to film his documentary
Guest/supporting
Megan Thee Stallion as Denise, a divorced mom and mail-carrier who flirts with Arthur
Corbin Bernsen as Duck Donovan, Reggie's former coach whose life collapsed after Reggie's scandal came out
Craig Robinson as Jerry Basmati, Reggie's rival
Heidi Gardner as Tisha Basmati, Jerry's wife
Anna Camp as Narcissa Ocean, Arthur's toxic ex
Ronny Chieng as Barry Hu, a rival agent to Monica
Drew Scheid as Shane E. Quinn III, former assistant to Monica
Chloe Troast as Jynnysyz, Brina's rival in the music industry
Episodes
Production
In March 2025, an untitled single-camera comedy starring Tracy Morgan was given a pilot order at NBC with Morgan, Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, Sam Means, Eric Gurian, David Miner, and Rhys Thomas serving as the executive producers. The episode was written by Carlock and Means, with Thomas directing and Daniel Radcliffe, Erika Alexander, Bobby Moynihan, Precious Way, and Jalyn Hall joining Morgan as series-regular cast members. In May, NBC gave the project a ten-episode series order with the title The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins.
On January 14, 2026, NBC announced that the series would premiere on January 18 following NBC's coverage of an NFL divisional playoff game, ahead of its originally-planned timeslot premiere on February 23, 2026.
On May 5, 2026, NBC renewed the series for a second season. The second season is scheduled to premiere on November 2, 2026.
Reception
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 97% based on 38 reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Harnessing Tracy Morgan's unpredictable comedic charisma to consistently hilarious effect, The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins is a delightful ensemble sitcom that, true to its title, gets better and better as it goes along." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, gave a score of 76 out of 100 based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable".
Ratings
The series premiered with a special early showing on January 18, 2026, following an NFL divisional playoff game between the Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Bears. The pilot episode drew 5.8 million viewers and achieved a 1.4 rating in the 18-49 demographic. It became the most-watched comedy episode of the 2025–26 season among broadcast networks in both total viewers and the key demographic, and was NBC's most-watched comedy series debut in three years since Night Court premiered in January 2023.
